Communities of Excellence 2026 would like to thank for the following individuals for generously volunteering their time in our 2018 Community Assessment and Recognition Program.
Mike Belter, Budget Analyst Staff, American Electric Power Company
Courtney Bishoi, Senior Director, Quality, American Health Care Association
Dean Bondhus, Immediate Past President - KyCPE Board of Directors
Jamie Capeheart, Manager, Organizational Development, Goodway Group
Judy Crabtree, Executive Director, Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement
Gene Dankbar, Health Systems Engineer, Mayo Clinic
Midge Duncan, President, Corval Search
Randy Fisher, President & CEO, DigiWise Digital Solutions and Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University
Kim Halfhill, KH Consulting
Marcia Harrington, Executive Director, SPQA-VA and DC
Cary Hill, CEO, Mesa
Margot Hoffman, President and CEO, the Partnership for Excellence
Angela Howarth, Director, Quality Scotland
Karen Kliment-Thompson, Vice President Ancillary Services, Community Hospital McCook Nebraska
Kathy Letendre, President, Letendre and Associates
Jeff Lucas, Director, Be Safe, University of Virginia Health System
Mac McGuire, CEO, Quality Texas Foundation
Michelle Mejia, Assistant Vice President, Health Promotion and Strategic Partnerships, West Kendall Baptist Hospital
Liz Menzer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence
Kat Morgan, Economic Development Director, City Albany, Missouri
Susan Nance, Director of Quality and Risk Management, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Mitch Nachtigall, Executive Officer & Congressional Action Coordinator, South Dakota National Guard
Elena Quintanar, Community Health Promotion Specialist, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
Sarah Rafi, Administrative Analyst III, Agency Executive Office, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
Gary Rossi, Director of Career Services, California College of San Diego
Denise Shields, Founder and Principal, Shields Resource Group
Efrain Solis, Operations Director, Banner Health
Rick Tomen, Chief Strategist, Torus Solutions
Anne Warner, Executive Director, GSQC/NNEAE
Mary Zielinksi, Administrator, Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
